Cant lose weight after 30kg

[Garzano]

Hello everyone,

I started at a weight of 130 kilos and past two years I've lost 28kg! i started with running/walking 2km everyday. After that i got a gym sub ten minutes from my house. I did everything by the book. I ate healthy and exercised daily. After two years of controlled eating and exercising daily i got stuck! like really stuck, i weight now 102kg. Im doing everything like i did the past two years but nothing seems to work. I hope i can get help from you guys. My goals is to get to the 85kg! but first, what am i doing wrong?

 

[Omega]

You want to lose another 17kg - but the first question has to be whether there is 17kg to lose... It is worth checking things like BMI or better still - body fat percentage (using a meter or maybe a trainer at the gym could do it for you with calipers).

Assuming there is still weight to lose - sometimes on a long project things get stuck... It happened to me a few times on my big project (ten years ago).
- Sometimes I got things going by increasing my exercise levels
- Sometimes I cut calories
- Sometimes I changed things about - this one was really funny - I had one plateau and I got things moving by stopping having weetabix for breakfast and I had another plateau that got moving when I stopped having weetabix for breakfast.......
- my last plateau kept me away from goal weight and it was down to me eating home made veg soup (very low calorie) which included a stock cube which was high in sodium... I stopped having the home made soup and drank water and my weight came beautifully down...

You've been at this for 2 years... Do a nutritional breakdown analysis and check that you are eating at a healthy level for all nutrients and not too much sodium... With luck something will jump out at you.

 

[Garzano]

Thank you for taking the time to answer. My BMI is 28, its too much i know. Sometimes i feel like i eat to little and exercise too much. I burn around 800kcal at the gym by weight lifting and cardio. When i eat i feel like im gonna get that 30kg back in a sec.. I dont eat bread or food with too much fat in it. I dont drink any sugary drinks too, im already 2 years cola sober haha

 

[Omega]

Well done for your achievements... Since you go to the gym a lot - it is probably worth you getting the body fat percent calculated...
There are lots of very lean people with BMI in the 25 to 30 range if they have a lot of muscle...

BMI is an indicator - but body fat percent is better...
My nephew was a professional rugby player and he had a BMI between 25 and 30 with no fat whatsoever - and I used to have a pilates, aerobics and keep fit instructor who told me that her BMI was over 25. She was very lean too.